compliquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin complicāre, present active infinitive of complicō.

Pronunciation

Verb

compliquer

  1. to complicate
  2. to elaborate

Conjugation
Conjugation of compliquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple compliquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple compliquant
/kɔ̃.pli.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle compliqué
/kɔ̃.pli.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present complique
/kɔ̃.plik/		 compliques
/kɔ̃.plik/		 complique
/kɔ̃.plik/		 compliquons
/kɔ̃.pli.kɔ̃/		 compliquez
/kɔ̃.pli.ke/		 compliquent
/kɔ̃.plik/
imperfect compliquais
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛ/		 compliquais
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛ/		 compliquait
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛ/		 compliquions
/kɔ̃.pli.kjɔ̃/		 compliquiez
/kɔ̃.pli.kje/		 compliquaient
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛ/
past historic2 compliquai
/kɔ̃.pli.ke/		 compliquas
/kɔ̃.pli.ka/		 compliqua
/kɔ̃.pli.ka/		 compliquâmes
/kɔ̃.pli.kam/		 compliquâtes
/kɔ̃.pli.kat/		 compliquèrent
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛʁ/
future compliquerai
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁe/		 compliqueras
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁa/		 compliquera
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁa/		 compliquerons
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɔ̃/		 compliquerez
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁe/		 compliqueront
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɔ̃/
conditional compliquerais
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɛ/		 compliquerais
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɛ/		 compliquerait
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɛ/		 compliquerions
/kɔ̃.pli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 compliqueriez
/kɔ̃.pli.kə.ʁje/		 compliqueraient
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present complique
/kɔ̃.plik/		 compliques
/kɔ̃.plik/		 complique
/kɔ̃.plik/		 compliquions
/kɔ̃.pli.kjɔ̃/		 compliquiez
/kɔ̃.pli.kje/		 compliquent
/kɔ̃.plik/
imperfect2 compliquasse
/kɔ̃.pli.kas/		 compliquasses
/kɔ̃.pli.kas/		 compliquât
/kɔ̃.pli.ka/		 compliquassions
/kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/		 compliquassiez
/kɔ̃.pli.ka.sje/		 compliquassent
/kɔ̃.pli.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — complique
/kɔ̃.plik/		 — compliquons
/kɔ̃.pli.kɔ̃/		 compliquez
/kɔ̃.pli.ke/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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